This bothers me. A man who shot another man in a parking lot got a $9000 fine and probation. After feeling that he and his family were endangered by the shooter's erratic driving the victim honked at the driver. The driver signaled for him to pull into the parking lot. When the victim approached the other man's car, the driver pulled out a gun and shot him. He then said, "Don’t you know better than to come running up on somebody?" There are some crazy people out there with guns. The shooter in this case has been ordered not to carry a gun for a couple of years.

This is not a clear cut case and the term road rage is not appropriate as it applies to the convicted person. It is the victim in this case who became enraged at the erratic and understandably dangerous driving by the gunman. Hello.... this is why we pay trained police, state troopers ..etc. Call 911 and report it! Pulling another citizen over and running towards them visibly angry only serves to put the other party on the defensive. Placed in the same situation I would use all the resources at my disposal as well. This does not excuse the gunman for firing before determining what all the fuss was about or his driving as alleged by the victim. In this particular criminal trial I agree with the sentencing. In the pending civil trial I would be opposed to an award so large as to set the victim up for early retirement. There was, after all, some stupidity on his part as well.

I.C. Truth wrote:This is not a clear cut case and the term road rage is not appropriate as it applies to the convicted person. It is the victim in this case who became enraged at the erratic and understandably dangerous driving by the gunman. Hello.... this is why we pay trained police, state troopers ..etc. Call 911 and report it! Pulling another citizen over and running towards them visibly angry only serves to put the other party on the defensive. Placed in the same situation I would use all the resources at my disposal as well. This does not excuse the gunman for firing before determining what all the fuss was about or his driving as alleged by the victim. In this particular criminal trial I agree with the sentencing. In the pending civil trial I would be opposed to an award so large as to set the victim up for early retirement. There was, after all, some stupidity on his part as well.

From the story:

The shooting happened after Doug Larkin and his wife, both registered nurses, were driving in separate cars from their home in Fayette to DCH Regional Medical Center.

Larkin testified at a court hearing in 2010 that Christian had honked his horn at the intersection of Alabama Highway 171 and U.S. Highway 43 North, that he was weaving through traffic and driving along the center line of the two lanes as they traveled south on U.S. Highway 43.

Christian's wife told police that her husband, who owns Christian Machine Shop on Alabama Highway 171, was trying to reach Northport Electrical Supply before the business closed at 5 p.m.

Larkin testified that he motioned for Christian to slow down when they were stopped in adjacent turn lanes at the traffic light at the intersection. Christian looked angry and signaled for him to pull into the parking lot of Northport Electrical Supply, Larkin said at the hearing.

Larkin said that he pulled into the lot and left his Jeep running as he approached Christian's Lincoln Navigator.

“As I walked up, I said loudly that my wife and 1-year-old son were in the car that he just cut off. I was looking him in the eye and said, ‘I don't want to fight you.' I wanted to make him understand that he was not right, that he was driving aggressively around my family. I thought I could explain that to him and that would probably be it,” Larkin testified.

Christian then fired the gun, striking Larkin in the abdomen, he said. The men spoke after Larkin made his way inside the store to call 911, he said.

“At some point, Mr. Christian came in and said, ‘Don't you know better than to come running up on somebody?' He kept saying it was my fault,” Larkin said.

And when ... IF ... someone responds to your call, they are going to do ... WHAT? The cop didn't see it, so he won't move to make an arrest or write a ticket. At most, he will take your statement and advise you that you are welcome to go to the police station to make a complaint.

Then, months later when the case comes to trial, it will be "one says this, the other says that." Most likely, the case will be dismissed at the preliminary hearing for lack of evidence.

What a waste of time.

“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.”― George W. Bush

And when ... IF ... someone responds to your call, they are going to do ... WHAT? The cop didn't see it, so he won't move to make an arrest or write a ticket. At most, he will take your statement and advise you that you are welcome to go to the police station to make a complaint.Then, months later when the case comes to trial, it will be "one says this, the other says that." Most likely, the case will be dismissed at the preliminary hearing for lack of evidence.

What a waste of time.

You do not know what you are talking about. But that should not suprise me...

This bothers me. A man who shot another man in a parking lot got a $9000 fine and probation. After feeling that he and his family were endangered by the shooter's erratic driving the victim honked at the driver. The driver signaled for him to pull into the parking lot. When the victim approached the other man's car, the driver pulled out a gun and shot him. He then said, "Don’t you know better than to come running up on somebody?" There are some crazy people out there with guns. The shooter in this case has been ordered not to carry a gun for a couple of years.

Why does it bother you, the DA offered a deal and the man took it. So if you don't like it blame it on the DA.

And when ... IF ... someone responds to your call, they are going to do ... WHAT? The cop didn't see it, so he won't move to make an arrest or write a ticket. At most, he will take your statement and advise you that you are welcome to go to the police station to make a complaint.Then, months later when the case comes to trial, it will be "one says this, the other says that." Most likely, the case will be dismissed at the preliminary hearing for lack of evidence.

What a waste of time.

You do not know what you are talking about. But that should not suprise me...

OK, then you tell me how it really works, J. Edgar.

“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.”― George W. Bush